Vulnerability · Published Mar 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-29658
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The unofficial vscode-rufo extension before 0.0.4 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted workspace folder.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/jnbt/vscode-rufo/commit/bc0d212436f76d12cbdab287802fa5bc743f818a x_refsource_MISC
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jnbt.vscode-rufo/changelog x_refsource_MISC
- https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/8 x_refsource_MISC